White House calls Democrat criticism of DOGE 'unacceptable' and 'incredibly alarming'

White House property caput Karoline Leavitt slammed Democrats Wednesday for their disapproval of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), calling it "unacceptable" and "incredibly alarming." 

"Some elected Democrats are truthful steamed astir DOGE – Congresswoman LaMonica McIver says we are astatine war. Ilhan Omar says we mightiness really spot idiosyncratic get killed. And Chris Van Hollen says we person to combat this successful the Congress, we person to combat this successful the streets. So what now?" Leavitt was asked by Fox News' elder White House analogous Peter Doocy. 

"It's unacceptable, the comments that person been made by these Democrat leaders, and frankly, they don't adjacent cognize what they're talking about, due to the fact that President Trump was elected with a mandate from the American radical to marque this authorities much efficient," Leavitt responded. 

"He campaigned crossed this state with Elon Musk vowing that Elon was going to caput up the Department of Government Efficiency and the 2 of them with a large squad astir them were going to look astatine the receipts of this national authorities and guarantee it's accountable to American taxpayers. That's each that is happening here," Leavitt continued. "And for Democrat officials to incite unit and promote Americans to instrumentality to the streets, is incredibly alarming, and they should beryllium held accountable for that rhetoric." 

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Sen. Chris Van Hollen, surrounded by different members of Congress, speaks during a rally against Elon Musk extracurricular the Treasury Department successful Washington, connected Tuesday, Feb. 4. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

Leavitt besides said during her regular White House property briefing, "If you heard that benignant of violent, enticing rhetoric from our broadside of the aisle, from Republican leaders connected Capitol Hill, I deliberation determination would beryllium a batch much outrage successful this country today." 

On Tuesday, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said, "What we are witnessing present is the biggest heist successful American history." 

"This is the astir corrupt bargain we've ever seen successful American history: Elon Musk gives $250 cardinal to elite Donald Trump, and Donald Trump turns implicit the keys to United States authorities to Elon Musk and his billionaire friends and his cronies," Van Hollen said during a protestation extracurricular the Treasury Department successful Washington, D.C. 

"Are we going to fto that stand? Hell no, we are not going to fto that stand," Van Hollen added, aboriginal vowing, "We person to combat this successful the courts, we person to combat this successful the Congress, we person to combat this successful the streets. We request to combat this each implicit America." 

USAID EMPLOYEE SAYS STAFFERS HID PRIDE FLAGS, ‘INCRIMINATING’ BOOKS WHEN DOGE ARRIVED 

President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk be a viewing of the motorboat of a SpaceX Starship rocket connected Nov. 19, 2024, successful Brownsville, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

"Shut down the city! We are astatine war!" Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., shouted into a microphone. 

On Monday morning, hundreds of employees for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) reported they were locked retired of the agency’s machine strategy and that its office successful Washington, D.C., was closed connected Monday.  

The agency’s destiny is hanging successful the equilibrium arsenic DOGE is moving connected an evident overhaul of the agency. 

"The level of disrespect really is transgression due to the fact that determination are situation effect teams that are astir the satellite that truly trust connected having entree to their emails – having entree to apps that they tin utilize if there’s information to them," Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., told MSNBC, according to The Hill. "All of those accesses are chopped off."  

Press caput Karoline Leavitt briefs reporters astatine the White House, connected Wednesday, Feb. 5. (AP/Evan Vucci)

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"So we mightiness really spot idiosyncratic get killed. An American who works for the American authorities mightiness beryllium harmed successful immoderate of those countries that they’re operating in," she reportedly added. 

Fox News’ Emma Colton and Louis Casiano contributed to this report.